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Minority Report becomes a real thing / The World's most mundane baseball cards / Don't like politicians

I can see a potential problem or two... dozen... with this idea

Keith Conrad
Apr 10
 
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UK developing ‘predictive tool’ to determine if someone will become a killer: Report

How do you feel about the idea of going full Minority Report? I would be against anyone being *punished* for a crime they haven’t actually committed. But what about creating a list of people to keep an eye? They still haven’t actually done anything yet

Trading Cards Featuring Middle-Aged Men Go Viral in Japanese Town, Boosting Volunteerism and Awe of Elders

What stats would be on the back of your card? Mine would be "Keeps a spreadsheet of gas mileage going back to the Bush administration."


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Ted Rossman on Tariffs, Credit Card Debt, and the Cost of Living

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
As markets react wildly to President Trump’s newly announced tariffs, Rossman explains why this period of volatility feels different than past financial crises like the COVID-19 shock or the 2008 housing collapse.

Ted Rossman on Tariffs, Credit Card Debt, and the Cost of Living

John Dempsey

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Trump’s Tariff Plan Might Be a Major Self-Inflicted Wound

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
The economic ramifications of Trump’s latest move may be less about liberation and more about self-inflicted economic damage

Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court

Big John Howell

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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
A weary ER nurse's routine night is upended when a mysterious, burned patient from the future arrives with a cryptic warning of an impending disaster—and only she can stop it.

Tales From the Blue Line - The Time Traveler

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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